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However, in an unusual twist, he would only allow the officer to enter through a window at his home.

Barry Hartshorn - pictured in 2015 - of Mutley who has been jiled for attacking a police officer with knife(Image: Penny Cross)

An officer – unaware the door to the room had been barricaded – used a ladder to gain access but as they climbed in through the window, Hartshorn pulled out a knife and began to attack the officer.

Other police officers who attended the scene had to smash their way in through another window to gain access before they were able to subdue the 29-year-old by means of a Taser.

Three officers sustained minor injuries during the incident and Hartshorn was initially taken to Derriford Hospital for treatment before being brought back to Charles Cross police station for questioning.

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He became suspicious when he found her lying in bed wearing a party dress but no underwear.

In 2008 Hartshorn was jailed for three years for slashing a teenager with a machete and burning another with a hot iron.

Police learned he had tortured the two teenagers over a £195 drug debt. One teen was cut at the knees with a machete and the other was burnt with a hot iron to his hands.

On the latest attack on the Following his jailing for the affray and attack on a police officer, a police spokesman said: "We strongly believe Hartshorn's intent was to lure a police officer and entrap them in the property with no chance of escape.

"His intention was to cause serious harm to anybody who came into that room.